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Newville Named to Federal Practice Committee
Joshua Newville has been selected to serve on the Federal Practice Committee for the United States District Court for the District of...
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Newville PLC
- Feb 21, 2016
The Age of Arbitration
In our justice system there are multiple options for resolving disputes. Most often people associate our justice system with a Court of...
Josh Newville
- Nov 13, 2014
#Pointergate Highlights Mpls Police Union As Barrier To Accountability
In August 2012, I wrote about the problem with the City of Minneapolis dispensing with civilian review of police officers’ conduct. That...
Josh Newville
- Nov 4, 2014
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Sues Honeywell for Disability Discrimination
Honeywell is defending itself from a federal disability discrimination and genetic information lawsuit filed by the EEOC. According to...
Josh Newville
- Aug 28, 2014
St. Paul Police Inexplicably Arrest and Taze Black Man
In an alarming video posted to YouTube this week, two St. Paul police officers violently arrested and tazed a black man who was simply...
Newville PLC
- Feb 21, 2014
Newville Files 4th Amendment Lawsuit Against Bloomington Police Officer Jeff Thibert
On Monday, Attorney Joshua Newville filed suit in United States District Court on behalf of Plaintiff Tammy Liddle against Bloomington...
Newville PLC
- Jan 8, 2014
Failure to Treat Exotic Dancers as Employees a Liability
Historically, owners and managers of strip clubs have adhered to a business model that classifies exotic dancers (often called...
Josh Newville
- Nov 21, 2013
November 2013: Newville Files Federal Qui Tam Action
On behalf of the United States and multiple State governments, Joshua Newville has filed a federal qui tam action in federal District...
Newville PLC
- Oct 17, 2013
October 16, 2013: Newville Files Overtime Class Action Against Lessors, Inc.
Lessors, Inc. is a national trucking company based in Eagan, Minnesota. On October 16, 2013, on behalf of current and former Lessors...
Newville PLC
- Jul 23, 2013
July 2013: Court Certifies Class of Regency Admissions Representatives Seeking Unpaid Overtime
Attorneys Ashwin Madia and Joshua Newville filed a class and collective action lawsuit in February against Regency Beauty Institute (a...
Josh Newville
- Jun 28, 2013
SCOTUS Kills DOMA and Prop 8; Sexual Orientation Discrimination Lives On
It’s been a busy week for employment law and civil rights. The impact of the past week’s Supreme Court decisions on these two areas of...
Josh Newville
- Jun 24, 2013
Supreme Court Weakens Title VII Protections
From Justice Ginsburg’s dissent in today’s Supreme Court Decision in Vance v. Ball State, which narrowly defined “supervisor” so as to...
Newville PLC
- Jun 20, 2013
Effective E-Discovery in Employment Law Litigation
In employment lawsuits, preserving, finding, and utilizing electronic evidence can mean the difference between winning, winning big, or...
Josh Newville
- Apr 18, 2013
April 2013: $70,000 Settlement in Police Brutality Suit Against Minneapolis Officer
The ability to safely, calmly, and professionally interact with the public without violence is an intrinsic and basic part of law...
Josh Newville
- Mar 24, 2013
March 2013: Overtime Class Action Lawsuit Against Regency Beauty Institute
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is a federal law that, among other things, prohibits employers from failing to pay overtime to its...
Josh Newville
- Nov 21, 2012
November 2012: Lawsuit Against Accounting Firm By Learning Disabled Accountant
Our firm has sued a Twin Cities accounting firm on behalf of a learning disabled accountant. The young accountant, who has suffered from...
Josh Newville
- Oct 29, 2012
Suing Hospitals When Doctors Sexually Harass
A San Diego hospital and doctor have been sued by an 18-year-old intern who alleges sexual harassment, sexual battery and assault,...
Josh Newville
- Sep 11, 2012
Video Captures St. Paul Police Brutality
St. Paul Police Officer Jesse Zilge is at home this week, pending the results of an expedited internal affairs investigation. Video...
Josh Newville
- Jul 3, 2012
Video Technology Helps Police … And Victims of Police Misconduct
Minnesota police departments, like many across the nation, are rapidly expanding their use of video technology by individual police...
Josh Newville
- Jun 26, 2012
Off-Duty Minneapolis Police Officer Punches Man in Head
Minneapolis Police Sergeant David Clifford, 47, is the executive member of the SWAT team and a 19-year department veteran who has twice...
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